SALT LAKE CITY - Utah's
Hailey Skolmoski was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All–District Eight First Team this morning.
The Riverton native became the second Ute in program history to be honored three times by CoSIDA, joining Lauren Dudley Storer ('09, '11, '12). Skolmoski is the first Ute to ever earn First Team honors, accomplishing the feat three years in a row.
Skolmoski, recognized as one of the nation's top student-athletes for her performance on the field and in the classroom, is one of seven Pac-12 players on the All-Academic First Team. She currently owns a 3.94 GPA and is majoring in human development and family studies, as well as elementary education
On the field, Skolmoski was named Third Team All-Pac-12 after finishing fifth in Utah history with 26 career goals. She now has a chance to become Utah's first CoSIDA Academic All-American since Maren Harper in 2002
The Academic All-District teams are divided into eight geographic regions across the United States and Canada. District Eight is comprised of all Division I schools from Arizona, California, Oregon, Utah and Washington. This is the sixth year of the expanded Academic All-America program.